Electric lighting fixture



Jan. 15, 1935. A. E. WIEDENHOEFT ET A1.

ELECTRIC LIGHTING FIXTURE Filed July 9, 1932 llilmulmlium u Har/y w 56523 @MMMWJZ a@ Patented Jan. 15, 1.935

lUNITED STATES.

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1 lLECTRio*LIGHTINGFiiifriiui Arthur E. Wiedenhoefeiandliiarry A. Best,

Chicago;A Ill.

Application. ruige; 19312,; `serial No. 621,574

i' ciaims. 1 (ciglio-132 This invention relates in general to a `lighting xture ccmbining the use of gas filled tubingand electric lamps and has moreparticular reference` to a display or advertising type of fixture; adapted to be used inpedestal and hanging,

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An important object of the invention lis in combining gas filled tubing with Vsign` elements either in combination with or separately :from electric iilament lamps in a manner to produce changeable lighting effects which will be attractive and novel in appearance.

A further object of the invention is in the provision of an electric advertising xture in.

which the sign elements as well as the gas filled tubing lighting elements are changeable and interchangeable to produce different lighting, display f and advertising effects.

A further object of the invention isv in the provision of a lighting xtureinfthe form. of a post display having separate different lighting portions which may be separately controlledgand illuminated.

Other objects` of the invention includingnovel structural features will appearhereinafter, a`

preferred construction being illustrated `in the accompanying drawing.`

In the drawing, Fig. 1 is-an elevation of a post type of electric xture constructed in' accordance apar-t and separatedV by groups of tubing lamps 301` with the principles of thisinvention;

Fig. 2 is a .sectional View of an intermediate or advertising illuminating section; Fig. 3 is a sectional view taken on the line 3-3 of Fig. 2; and f Fig. 4 illustrates a ceiling supported fixture .of

this type.

In the display or advertising type of lighting fixtures it has not heretofore been the practice to combine gas lled tubing with electric la- .ment-lamps in producing a display sign in ywhich both of these lamps cooperate and are-variable and interchangeable. 'I'he present invention relates to the provision of a lighting xturein which both the advertising sign or feature of the xture can be interchanged with others of like kind or replaced, at will, and the gas lled tubing lamps can be interchanged for similar tubes of the same kind or of different i colors for' producing a varied or-changeable lighting effect.

Furthermore it is found thatby suitably1com bining certain lamps of these different kinds with a transparent or semi-transparent sign, of glass and the like, additional novel lighting. effects can be produced, and these effects may also be varied by controlling the lighting or hashing k of the lsign, lighting elements either automatically oral?. willV froml a distant station or position.

p Referringnow moreparticularlyto the drawing.,a vpost type of lighting fixture is shown in' 5 Figs. 1'to3 although it4 is understood that a similar constructionmight be usedl With appendant or horizontal type of fixture as shown in Fig. 4. Awcentral `post, 6 is supported from the ground by a suitable base orstandard 7 and kat 10 its upper end it carries the lighting fixture which comprises a top-,ornamentalglobe 8of glass or similar transparent Amaterial which may be decorated with any suitable design and illuminated'` from Within by filament lamps 9-carriedv by the 15 post 6.

, Below thegglobev is a supporting ring` orcollar 10a supported inrany suitable manner from the. central post 6 and-1raisable with the vglobe toy uncover the upper ends of the lighting elements 20% below'it vforreacly access thereto inV changingv andl removing them. p f

An` advertising or display'illuminating section` is located below the collarlO, the elements of which are supported byjalower ring or collar 11r 25v secured to or supported by the hollow-post 6 in any suitable'manner. Surrounding the post 6. between` thecollars l0 and 1,1, are a number of 'ad-k vertising or display signs 12 regularly spaced 13 arranged generallyabout the peripheryof the xturefconnecting the'signs 12 and the end tubes of each group being located opposite the ed'ge of the sign 12 so that any lettersor 'charactersilli` of the sign which may be indented or out into.' 35,;

theimaterial of the sign, as shown more clearly in Fig. 2will be illuminate'dby the edge light-` ingofthe tubes13 at the vedges thereof.

.At the back ofv eachzsign 12 are one ore more:

laineni'.y lampsY V15 each supported by a suitable 40- bracket 16 threaded into or carried' by the central tube 6. The lamps 15 for each sign are preferably enclosed in a reiiector 17 which extends. outwardly and between. tlieadjacent tubes. 13 yat' each side ofthe sign 12'sov thatjthe outer extrem-` 45.,

ities 1810i"v the reflector embrace theedge lighting tubesalong the vertical edges ofthis sign; Foi different lighting effects the edge lighting. tubes.: 13 may be of a diierent color or lighted'at a: different time than the` other tubes 13 between the 50;v

at the bottom and a similar one at the top, leaving the edges free and unobstructed to receive light from the edge lighting tubes 13.

At the upper and lower ends of the lighting tubes 13 and preferably within the collars 10 and 11 are sockets 21 for receiving terminal ends 22 of these tubes and connecting them by conductors 23 with a suitable source of current supply at the base of the tube 6 through openings 24 in the tube. It is understood that the operation of these gas lled tubing lamps 13 requires a high voltage current which may be supplied from a transformer, not shown located within the base '7 and accessible through a door 25 therein.

Supported at the lower side of the collar 11 is a. flaring shade or reflector 26 preferably of metal, but may also be of glass or other transparent material Within which are filament lamps 27 for illuminating the ground surrounding the post. This is particularly desirable, for example, if the lighting fixture is located at a gas filling station, this portion of the fixture being for the purpose of more brightly and properly illuminating a vehicle which is adjacent thereto for servicing it. For different types of fixtures this shade 26 is modified and the lamps 27 altered or varied. In the form of the invention shown by Fig. 4, the lighting fixture is supported in horizontal position and as shown has supports 30 extending from a ceiling 31 and connected adjacent the ends of the fixture. The ends 32 of this fixture may be colored, plain, transparent or partly so and preferably lighted by lamps 33 therein carried by a support 34. Between the ends 32 are display signs 35 and tubing lamps 36 corresponding to the advertising slides 12 and the tubular lamps 13 as described. These parts 35 and 36 may be similarly adjusted, varied and replaced and may be similarly mounted in the ends 32.

It should also be understood that if desired a row of filament lamps 40 might be placed between adjacent reflectors 17 and behind the tubes 13 as shown in Fig. 2, the object being to light the tubes from within both when they are not receiving current, and to modify their illumination when they are lighted.

In these and other forms of the invention it should be understood that by proper circuit connections, which form no part of the invention, the different tubes, lamps and combinations of them may be lighted, extinguished and flashed, thereby producing novel lighting, display and advertising results. 'By varying the slides 12 from time to time they will give a different message and by varying the lights they will produce a different lighting effect. The tubes may also be varied in color and when located adjacent to each other they will impart different color combinations when such tubes are lighted separately, in uniform, or in different combinations with themselves and with the other type of filament lamps. Thus entirely new and different lighting effects may be produced which are attractive in appearance, and producing the lighting fixture which may be used for ordinary lighting of store windows, filling stations, as well as the more obvious and customary lighting functions which such fixtures have to perform.

We claim:

1. In an electric fixture, a central support, a plurality of transparent display plates and adjacent lateral illuminating means therefor disposed at intervals around the support and upheld thereby, separate illuminating means at the rear of each display plate, and reflecting means also upheld by the support and separately embracing each of the plates and its rear and adjacent lateral illuminating means.

2. An electric fixture comprising a lighting display portion substantially tubular in form having display plates spaced apart about the periphery and a plurality of separate tubing lamps between the edges of adjacent plates, the lamps directly adjacent the edges of the plates illuminating the plates, and reflecting means for separating each plate and the lamps at its edges from the other plates and lamps.

3.- In a lighting fixture, a tubular lighting display portion comprising display plates arranged at intervals about the periphery, tubing lamps disposed at the edges of the plates and peripher- 4ally between them, separate means for illuminating each plate from the rear thereof, reflecting means for each plate embracing the light means at the rear thereof and the tubing lamps at the opposite edges thereof, and separate distinctive display lighting means at each end of the said tubular display lighting portion.

e1.. A lighting fixture in accordance with claim 3 in which the said lighting means are applied to a post type of xture and the lighting means at the lower end having a reflector for directing the light downwardly around the post.

5. An electric fixture comprising a central tubular support through which circuit connections are made, an illuminated dome at the top of the support, an intermediate display portion comprising plates extending vertically and spaced apart at a distance from the support, tubular lamps arranged peripherally between the plates, lighting means at the rear of the plates, reflectors embracing the lighting means and the tubular lamps at the edges of each plate, a bottom supporting ring for the plates and tubular lamps, a flaring reflector supported at the lower edge of the ring and lighting means within the reiiector for illuminating the lower portion of the support and surrounding it.

6. An electric fixture comprising a lighting display portion substantially tubular in form having display plates spaced apart about the periphery and a plurality of separate tubing lamps between the edges of adjacent plates, the lamps directly adjacent the edges of the plates illuminating the plates, reiiecting means for separating each plate and the lamps at its edges from the other plates and lamps, and the other tubing lamps being disposed between the reflectors at the periphery of the fixture and independent of the reflecting means and the lamps included by it.

7. An electric fixture comprising a lighting display portion substantially tubular in form having transparent display plates spaced apart about the periphery and a plurality of separate tubing lamps between the edges of adjacent plates, the lamps directly adjacent the edges of the plates illuminating the plates, reflecting means for separating each plate and the lamps at its edges from the other plates and lamps, and separate illuminating means between and at the rear of the reflectors for illuminating the other tubing lamps independently of those directly adjacent the edges of the plates.

ARTHUR E. WIEDENHOEFT. HARRY A. BEST. 

